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The Italian (2012)

by Lisa Marie Rice(Favorite Author)

3.63 of 5 Votes: 2

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Ellora's Cave

review 1: HOT SHORT STORYThis is the first time I've read anything by this author, and on the whole I liked it. It's a very quick read, so I sorta got there had to be insta love, which I'm not a really big fan of. I liked the characters I thought they were well defined, Stefano Leone was all growly, sexy and pure alpha. He's a judge hot on the trail of a mobster. Jamie McIntyre is a designer on holiday in Palermo, Jamie's grandfather is an old friend/teacher of Stefano, and has given Jamie a gift to pass on to him. But he's a difficult man to get in touch with. When she does eventually meet him, the chemistry is off the charts between them. This is a very hot read, the sex is sizzling. Although some of the descriptions in the sex scenes were a bit overblown in my opinion. To liken h... moreis penis to a water diviner looking for water after a long time in the desert, is just one example. I didn't much like the ending either it was rather abrupt. It definitely needed an epilogue.
review 2: 3 1/2She does know what she's writing about, even if obviously she's glamorising it a bit. I didn't take it for granted, not in genre fiction, especially not in romance. kudos for it.To someone actually living in Italy and reading thrillers and detective books by Italian authors, the story is at the same time déjà read and fresh. (there was even a tv movie eons ago called The American cousin with a very similar plot). This is not to say I didn't enjoy the book, quite the opposite.I appreciate the author even more. I agree with BamaGal: pity it's short! (I suspect the reason is because it is difficult to glamorise the every day prison-like life of an anti-mafia judge.) less

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